LAWRENCEVILLE, GA – Two weeks following a massive turnout of top young talent for OTR’s Breakout Camp, the upperclassmen (and a few top youngsters) took the court of Central Gwinnett HS for Super 64. A ton of really good players were on hand, many have been covered by our evaluators already, here were eye-catchers from my seat, part 1. By: Keith Agran AJ Horton | G | 2024 | South Cobb Showed off the versatility that he’s had in his tool kit but as a supplemental piece at his previous stops he......
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LAWRENCEVILLE, GA – Always among the best ways to get a look at the next wave of potential stars coming through the Georgia basketball ranks, NGS held their Elite 60 camp for 2028 and 2029 prospects at Discovery HS. In 2 parts, here were 10 guys who caught my eye as names to know before they hit the high school hardwoods in the coming years. Part 2 of 2: By: Keith Agran AJ Williams | G | 2028 (pictured at top) Among the top 2 or 3 high school-ready guys on hand......
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ATLANTA, GA – Moving through all the classifications, I went back through my paper and mental notes to highlight a few guys who are REALLY flying under the radar right now, but potentially deserving of more attention. Each could be teed up for a big upcoming ’23-24 season. By: Keith Agran Jackson Warren | 6-5 | 2024 | Woodstock New head coach Eric Blair comes over from Kennesaw Mountian and inherits a roster with a ton of potential particularly building around rocket-rising 2027 Taj Saragba, at the OTR x SH Report Shootout......
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LAWRENCEVILLE, GA – Always among the best ways to get a look at the next wave of potential stars coming through the Georgia basketball ranks, NGS held their Elite 60 camp for 2028 and 2029 prospects this past weekend at Discovery HS. In 2 parts, here were 10 guys who caught my eye as names to know before they hit the high school hardwoods in the coming years. Part 1 of 2: By: Keith Agran Dominion Whitaker | G | 2028 (pictured at top) Right out of the gate Whitaker was making......
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ATLANTA, GA – The large majority of juniors may not be seeing a significant amount of recruiting at the moment with college staffs focused on the 2024 class, but these guys below made a case with their play over the spring and summer for added attention. First, five from the backcourt in 7A: By: Keith Agran Carby Martin | 6-3 | East Coweta Has been on a trajectory that forecasted his becoming a notable college prospect and he’s right on schedule, the versatility in particular as a big and physical point guard......
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NORCROSS, GA – The premier Underclassmen camp in Georgia once again welcomed in a sterling group of talented 2026 and 2027 players from the Peach and beyond, as OTR’s Breakout Camp went down Sunday. Among the sophomores, here were some Eye-Openers from the day: By: Keith Agran Bobby Buggs | PG | Eagle’s Landing (pictured at top) Perhaps had the best showing to me among the guards in the building both in his drill work and during live play, caught him 2 years ago as an 8th grader and saw the star......
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CHAMBLEE, GA – Gathering at the Core4 facility, Under Armour brought in 24 of the top high schoolers in the country to practice and perform in front of coaches, scouts and media. Before the main event Saturday night (8pm, ESPNU), the two groups of 12 each squared off in a highly competitive scrimmage Friday. A few standouts below: By: Keith Agran Flory Bidunga | 6-10 | 2024 | Kokomo HS (IN) Easily the most active of the big men on Scrimmage Friday, classic modern day up and down the floor fleet-footedness who......
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ATLANTA, GA – With fall leagues right around the corner, we continue our look at Summer Stock-Risers from the various Georgia classifications. After highlighting five 2024 backcourt guys residing in or around the ATL-Metro, we look toward the frontcourt in 7A. By: Keith Agran David Clark | 6-7 | Campbell Really sets up more as a big guard at the next level with the way he can handle the ball and play the face-up game, but with his good size he plays more of a hybrid G/F role with the Spartans and......
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EMERSON, GA – The folks at Halftime Sports put on their annual US Games tournament at LakePoint, and once again talent from a variety of parts of the country both boys and girls came in to compete. I wanted to use my time at the event to zero in on some of the Georgia teams represented, and from Saturday I got a chance to see some really strong rising Peach State talent. By: Keith Agran Taj Saragba | PF | 2027 | Woodstock PLAYED WITH: GEORGIA (GRAVES) On what was probably the......
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GAINESVILLE, FL – After a wide-ranging and varied OTR schedule took the crew from Atlanta to Birmingham to Northern Kentucky then down the coast to Spartanburg SC and as always further south into the Sunshine State, back we were to north central Florida for the last tournament of the season, The Final Run. From the new and expansive Alachua County Sports & Event Center, Jon Hemingway and I had the courts covered deep, his recaps can be found on our News page, and I’m going to delve deeper here into some guys......
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